Tag Archives: Glens Falls

Brent McDevitt: GF fails to rein in kids harassing on bikes

Mark,

In your May 30th edition of the Chronicle, we read about a senior citizen being harassed by reckless, careless, and disrespectful adolescents on bikes. I am starting to lose track, is this the third, fourth, or fifth edition of your paper, we as a community have read of these incidents?

The comments from Mayor Collins and Chief Smith over the last several months are weak. The Mayor says call …

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Taco Kings on South Street to double in size, add 12 tables

By Ben Westcott, Chronicle Staff Writer

Taco Kings Jalisco at 62 South Street is adding 12 tables and doubling in size.

Owner Juan Ramirez hopes the addition will be finished in a month, giving customers more space to eat.

“A lot of people say it’s too small,” he said of the current Taco Kings space.

It’s adds restrooms and murals newly painted by Claudia Vinciguerra, featuring items like a piñata, …

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$1 million for Joseph Warren museum nixed; some hope for ‘an alternative’

By Cathy DeDe, Chronicle Managing Editor

The Warren County Board of Supervisors voted Tuesday, May 14, to withdraw the seven resolutions to fund $1 million to create a Joseph Warren Museum and Education Center on Gurney Lane.

“Unfortunately, since this project was first proposed in 2021, the financial realities of renovating the county-owned property on Gurney Lane for a museum made it too expensive to pursue amid budget constraints,” said …

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Did cedar waxwings fly into library glass?

Hi Mark,

Read the article about the Cedar Waxwings……so sad. [May 9 Chronicle, “20-30 cedar waxwings found dead in GF” outside Crandall Library.]
I haven’t been to the library in 35 plus years, and it has changed. By any chance were all these birds found at the base of a glass window? If so, then more than likely, they all flew into the glass seeing a reflection.

Spring and fall …

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Cedar waxwings dead in City Park

Alerted by a trusted Chronicle source, we asked the NYS Department of Environmental Conservation about a die-off of birds last weekend in City Park.

It confirmed, “DEC’s Division of Wildlife received a report on May 4, regarding approximately 20 to 30 cedar waxwing birds found deceased in front of Crandall Library in the city of Glens Falls,” a spokesperson said.

“A DEC Environmental Conservation Police Officer collected samples for examination. …

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